Tag: Great Court

From the age of eight years I was made aware that University followed after school ended. So in my sub-senior year at high school I decided that dentistry would be my career. I was one of the 26 who graduated from the class of 1955. Now reduced to 13, our frequent class reunions are more[…]

A continuous low humming hung over Chancellor’s Place. Quarter to eight. My stomach was making the raspy breathing sounds of a dying puppy. Having completed a massive two-and-a-half-hour Research Techniques seminar, I was hoping to celebrate my first ever UQ lecture with dinner for one. What I got instead was this little nugget: there wasn’t[…]

The Brisbane air was so thick I felt like I needed to chew every breath I took. The iconic jacarandas were in full bloom, their purple plumage like amethyst gems. The sky was the aquamarine, the grass malachite, and the trees were reflected in the lakes in every hue from peridot green to emerald. The[…]

Being sculptors with an interest in the Classics, my husband Rob and I joined The Friends of Antiquity when it was established in 1988. Rob was one of the early Presidents. We offered the Sculpture Court at our home in Kenmore Hills as a venue for an event to raise funds towards the $100,000 capital for[…]

I put a lot into my undergraduate degree. Mature-age students do that. It’s as if we have something to prove — to top the class, to get better results than school leavers. But it really was more like this. I was the first in my family to earn a degree and I felt very fortunate[…]

Some memories stick with me—remaining as fresh now as if events only happened yesterday. They change the way I think and feel about places. One of my intense, site-specific memories is connected with a very special event which took place in the heart of The University of Queensland (UQ). The artworks of eight inspiring Aboriginal artists[…]